BSD is fine. There may be other reasons to not include the code, but the license isn't one of them.
Why would you think otherwise? ----- Original Message ---- > From: Grig Gheorghiu <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 6:51:06 PM > Subject: Re: [libcloud] Cloud storage providers/drivers > > Hello everybody, and Happy New Year. > > I asked the question on the AWS forum if the AWS S3 sample code can be > re-licensed with an Apache license. Here's the reply I got: > > "Ultimately this is up to the project into whom you are incorporating > the code and their legal advice, however it’s very common in the > industry for Apache licensed projects to incorporate BSD licensed > works. For example many of the Apache Software Foundation’s projects > do this." > > So I'm still not sure if the BSD-licensed AWS S3 code would be > acceptable for inclusion in libcloud or not. If anybody on this list > has any guidance, please let me know. > > Grig > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Jed Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Eric Woods <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Unfortunately I can't answer since it's a legal matter. Do you have legal > >> counsel available to determine the licensing compatibility? Paul, Jerry >are > >> you familiar with these licensing issues or how to proceed? > >> > > > > It is my understanding - and I might be wrong - that as part of working with > > the ASF (maybe it's an incubator restriction), all files checked in must be > > licensed under the Apache License. > > > > -- > > Jed Smith > > [email protected] > > >
